NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -While it is likely that protists share a common ancestor (the last eukaryotic common ancestor), the exclusion of other eukaryotes means that protists do not form a natural group, or clade. Therefore, some protists may be more closely related to animals, plants, or fungi than they are to other protists.

Detailed explanation-2: -The major similarity among fungi, plants and animals is that they are all living organisms that belong to domain Eukarya, which means they are all made of eukaryotic cells. These are cells that have a membrane-bound nucleus, as well as many different functioning organelles that serve the entire organism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Protists are eukaryotes, which means their cells have a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. Most, but not all, protists are single-celled. Other than these features, they have very little in common. You can think about protists as all eukaryotic organisms that are neither animals, nor plants, nor fungi.

Detailed explanation-4: -Protists are eukaryotes that are not members of the plant, animal, or fungi kingdoms. How are protists related to other eukaryotes? Today’s protists include groups whose ancestors were among the very last to split from organisms that gave rise to plants, animals, and fungi.

Detailed explanation-5: -All protists, animals, fungi, and plants are made of cells and are alive. Protists and fungi can be unicellular, animals and plants are only multicellular. Plants and fungi are made of cells that have cell walls, animals and most protists do not have cell walls.